you know here's some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you. are is a big issue. russia's foreign minister sums up the ged touching up on the sensitive issues of syria and russia u.s. relations and exclusive interview with alcee. the noose tightens father ron duran as a british troops are ready for the gulf while the united states controls up yet more sanctions on tehran. and took over christmas with businesses screaming the profits of the festive season british function as they're increasingly frozen out of the holidays by spiraling costs.

this is aussie coming to life for most co and welcome to the program the state of global politics through the eyes of russia's foreign minister we spoke exclusively to sergey lavrov on topics ranging from syria's bloody war to russia u.s. relations. to highlight something to view for us. speaking of the most pressing issues of two thousand and twelve russia's foreign minister of course had to talk about the graphic in syria and said you are once again stressed that moscow is not on any side of the carpet he condemns the syrian authorities for using disproportionate force but at the same time you criticize the west for failing to condemn the actions of some groups within the syrian opposition who often take to the most extreme measures including kidnapping and terrorism if we follow this logic might lead us to a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the

world if partners in the west would start would begin to. want to qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists syria has truly become a stumbling block between russia and the united states at the u.n. security council but it's really not the only issue which has been souring relations like a law passed recently by american war makers which is aimed at sanctioning russian officials suspected in the u.s. of human rights violations were going to the russian foreign minister president barack obama who had to sign the bill in the end was simply a hostage of the republican majority in congress they believed that one of the achievements probably as the administration presented itself to voters for the last four years one of the achievements was the reset with the russian federation and they want to heat obama exactly. in this reset thing.

russia she added that if the republicans really wanted to achieve sanctions they could have taken these cases to court instead of putting on this show. also talked about how difficult it is to deal with the united states on various international issues due to some of the features of the american political system sometimes the issues of huge importance like the you know israeli palestinian conflict and the need to settle it being the just for years and years. because of the peculiarity of the american electoral cycles the mystical to the relations the need to get reelected prevent the american administrations from doing some things which the rest of the world believe believes must be done these are only a few of the topics started by russia's foreign minister in his exclusive interview

to r.t. as you talked about the most pressing events of two thousand and twelve. and we've got more highlights from lover of the exclusive interview in a couple of hours' time but for those of you who can't wait check it out online it's already that r.t. dot com. the united arab emirates is said to be close to ordering some sixty com but jets from the u.k. and may be getting a contingent of british troops to sweeten the deal british pm david cameron told soldiers that they may be heading to the gulf state as they pull out of afghanistan rights groups aren't happy saying dealing with the emirates which is accused of mass torture of political dissidents sounds all the wrong messages political analyst patrick having said says it's all about her around. the justification for this massive buildup in the middle east specially in the gulf states area of the west is basically blaming iran saying that because iran is pursuing nucular

missions though there's no proof of any of their weapons programs as such they're blaming iran for a possible nuclear arms race in the region that's a quote from david cameron only days ago so the in circle man of iran is certainly a geopolitical scale number one priority and i think they've achieved that militarily but you know the question is. is this going to be a real military standoff are we looking at it from a cold war situation where we just posturing militarily geo politically looking for some bigger conflict down the road perhaps in a few years meanwhile let's washington miles more sanctions against iran israel is making it clear that it's ready and willing to strike but tell us chief ally in the region hezbollah has made it plain that it will take sides in case a wall all ceaselessly consciousness reports not only won't the mizzen function may have up but killing a red line should be drawn right in the line beyond which lies war with iran

netanyahu would like to be able to communicate to the world that. the israelis are ready which he has to attack and that it will be done with the full support of the united states threat or bluff whatever the case and the tap it all but guarantee our rapid response from another nemesis of the jewish state has moema . the lebanese shia paramilitary group has evolved from a ragtag militia to a military and political heavyweight it's part of the so-called axis of resistance against israel referring to the lions between hezbollah hamas syria and iran and according to hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah both israel and the united states would suffer a retaliation to any strike against tehran but. the response would not be limited to the israeli entity the u.s. military bases in the entire region will serve as targets. so if israel targets

iran even by itself that. america will be held accountable for this that. israel's november battle with gaza was seen as a test for a possible confrontation with the law an israeli airstrikes rained on gaza in exchange came a barrage of long range mortars and rockets most repelled by israel's anti-missile shield the front your fire a rocket threat from gaza the war may have showcased newly acquired weapons by palestinian militant factions but hezbollah's arsenal is thought to be of higher quality and quantity and experts say that it could launch four times as many markets per day as hamas the details of hezbollah stop all are secret but the group's willingness to use it is not. israel was shaken by a few fragile five missiles which could be counted on the fingers of one's hand i

want to be able to withstand the thousands of missiles that will land on television and else way if it attacks the fight. was israel and hezbollah came face to face was in two thousand and six since then. hizbullah has now it collated around forty five thousand missiles off various ranges. there is wrong of all part of. the range goes beyond three hundred and what's three hundred fifty kilometers which according to them at least they can reach the whole of. the south of the country this museum in the south of lebanon is designed to display has been proclaimed military prowess captured israeli tanks and weapons are meant to be a reminder of the danger has block imposed. this is the only has tunnel now open to visitors but a network of secret passageways just like this one stretches across lebanon they're used to move fighters and weapons across the country and sharing that has been lost

and ready to strike at a moment's notice lucy caffein of r t southern lebanon for many at this time of year it seems it's the size of your wallet that dictates how much festive fun you'll enjoy but while shops are reaping the benefits of a commercial boost elderly people in the u.k. surviving on their pensions are left priced out of christmas spirit oh she's going to walk out takes up the story. you better watch. better not santa claus is coming to town and the shops are ready for that annual customer onslaught eighty two year old lady isn't in the festive spirit she's worried that she can't afford to be anything other than a scrooge this christmas. and let your. family is in the now.

as you're well with your lie that i think. that i would thing i'm now. so the a pension person here. then and off the most energy from hiked prices is the winter months set in lizzie and people like her face a cold or dark a festive season. but our new boiler plate on in the bedroom is two in the evening to wellness. so now they all know if there's a big bill that sounds like a rose or something. but nothing on a cabinet. that is a while right yeah yeah more and more britons are turning off their heating in the run up to a whole week christmas and they're using these hot water bottles instead but according to hospital the money saving trend comes on the high price of its own

with soaring numbers of bugs and injuries it isn't just the cost of fuel christmas essential will soon be worth their weight in gold the average price of turkey has risen seven percent since last year a family bird setting you back a whopping fifty five pounds on your christmas cards an average pack of twelve costs ten percent more this holiday and with printer ink now pricier than champagne you can forget about making your own to save money besides postage doesn't come cheap now at thirty percent more this christmas first class post in every sense of the term that's not just the line that would risk missing out on a christmas promotion right now it's not sure why get fired up to the best seventy's getting more and more commercial but it's all very secret right to hear what can she afford to take god we've talked to many families about christmas time

and it's something that they really struggle with a time when all the families are celebrating we've got rises in fuel prices we've got rises in food prices in the benefits and the support mechanisms that people have got. that they've got is all being cut back it's going to be really really tough for people this christmas pension the lady isn't just worried about the plight of the elderly she knows she's far from alone in counting down down costs december twenty fifth you know where they've been going out but their way is up and going out and people without. a lot of people are. no benefit. and with the bank of england's less than glad tidings of a triple dip recession on the con struggling britons will be wishing for nothing short of a christmas miracle. london. opposition

crimes fraud cries fraud after a referendum in egypt's draft constitution early results suggest they have a slim it's been approved but many claim that could only be possible with massive buggering that's coming up. what do you see when you look at the scroll perhaps you wonder what bright future she'll have or maybe feel sympathy for her because you see she's in a wheelchair gente then you see hard core terrorists. finding a small amount of residue from expose from the girl's hands she was detained for almost an hour and her tears for mercy did not move the inspectors to allow her mother to be with her as they took her away for further inspection so that the t.s.a. agents can put two and two together and realize that people in wheelchairs get all

sorts of random stuff on their hands because the wheels they push roll along the ground when will these endless tales of bizarre instance of the t.s.a. stop when will they stop worrying about girls in wheelchairs when will they stop searching under a terminally ill woman's bandages and when will they actually catch a terrorist when you call security feels a lot more like ridiculous tyranny to me but that's just my opinion. today. the funny thing these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are the day.

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this is old see welcome back presenter as you have heard him is going to be looking to cement ties within the brig's group of france's growing economies visit india today and i thought that some see as a challenge to the established global pecking order difference and the three high tech projects and billions of dollars and deals are all on the table today as they

were presented maids prime minister manmohan singh the first reactor at the russian built nuclear power station range is also set to launch soon knocking a milestone in need delhi's biggest energy undertaking and to political analyst william and dar says he'll raise will only rise a cloud over the coming days your asian economies are definitely realizing that the future and i have said this for years now the economic future of eurasia including of russia as well as western europe by the way lies in closer economic cooperation throughout your asia down into the middle east northern africa and china and india in the central part of that so the fact that putin is going to india today i think is is very much part of his reorientation from from west forward eurasia to be mentioned several times i think the reasons for cooperation are much stronger at this point than the reasons for conflict india is in kind of

a but you your position it's. a normal potential for economic growth and norma's problems of backwardness the caste system and so forth that the interest that the potentials are there and i think the synergies are there for the cooperation between china russia and india the three three of the four bric nations and you know results at the moment with geographical reasons. and as the russian president gets down to business the british queen gets ready for a new look should be embracing innovation one should give annual festive message this year and a we'll see her on t.v. as we have never seen before in three d. and you can do it you can go to our website for more on the story. monkey business the future of this page is saying that looking around at toronto copal doesn't look so rosy so find out what happened to him online that actually don't call.

let's move on now egypt is to announce final results of the referendum on a new constitution after early turn is suggesting one majority have approval in the final round of voting the draft hastily put together by the muslim brotherhood dominated commission is seen by many as a show a way of cementing islamist power in the country the ball has been accompanied by a small train and last across egypt with sporadic violence resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries the country's opposition is accusing the muslim brotherhood of massive breaking. from the dust to possibly if there's no way the constitution could have started why. this constitution and this referendum is is is a disgrace to a nation that far it's hard for its freedom and for its right it's a document that rips out all the for all the rights that we've turned and tried to

constitute a dictatorship and it has been taught by a friend and that was a massive massive rigging for the ballot boxes massive rigging for the voice of the people basically seen tens and hundreds of schools tens and hundreds of schools where the ballot boxes and the referendum process was taking place at a convenient time when when the voices were very queer when all the polls saw that the people were voting no the power was cut off the muslim brotherhood the. judges and employees in that school shut down the school over. in the front of the voters and the state with the ballot boxes not overseen for hours and hours we do not recognise any results unless we see a proper investigation and a proper digging through this evidence that we've put and we received a proper answer from from the high committee of elections. by the park who will count on the border with all due. could be about to rob warning

people lined up fifteen kilometer radius around the volcano well out of reach of any possible mudflows of all kind of fragments smoke and ash has been pouring out for more than a book for more than i day forcing people in nearby villages to leave their numeration over one and a half kilometers high growth have been cleared in case an evacuation is needed. is the most fighters have destroyed the last mausoleums in the ancient city have to conduct true in the north of mali the outside dying group claimed responsibility so they are defending the purity of their phrase against people washing idols this comes just days after all the islam is in the north announced they they had cut off the hands of two people. and the rebels accuse assad forces of launching an air strike in hama province in the east of the country leaving at

least sixty dead they say civilians were killed as they queued to buy bread on these images were taken by actually it sounds kind of the independently verified this comes as you want to lead representative brahimi arrives in to meet with officials. more from us in half an hour's time but now it's all special reporter trickly russia. has his day starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of three hundred sheep in the mountains and pains of t.v. thirty five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but he dition and familiar duty dictated that he would take on the care of these animals after his father has just made camp at their winter found stage setting up

his ute judicial to fenian round tent made of diskin his p.c. back amongst his family as his job is a lonely one and tough going out in a way there's braving extremes of plus to minus forty degrees celsius it's just that i've used them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alone in my sister works with my mother my mother is seventy five she's very old and you know i miss mountains when i'm in town and of which i spend a lot of time here right now probably so on the survey i simply carrying out the work that his father did and his father before him nothing has changed over many many centuries and that's half the problem it's hard work and many people don't want to come into in stream now and it's really fit there could die out altogether . it's difficult to manage everything alone i used to have people who helped me but they were no good they didn't take care of the sheep with all their heart they

hurt the cattle. with more people leaving than coming to the countryside the region's government is having to act making the life of a herd and more attractive than promising largest subsidies for produce and livestock and organizing cooperatives for the sale of day products to ensure the herd or get a higher. sympathizes with leaving for an easier more comfortable life they in their publics capital because ill but he no longer wishes to join them he enjoys his pasta way of life and looking for a helper who shares his enthusiasm but more time on his hands he says matter of fact he can start to look for a new wife. good laboratory to mccurdy was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which will unfortunately doesn't give

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approaching the tasha he held out his arm to grasp her waist before he had completed his invitation he asked her to walk it's the tremulous expression on the tassels face prepared either for despair all rapture suddenly brightened into a happy grateful childlike smile. i have long been waiting for you that frightened happy girl seemed to say by the smile that replaced the threatened tears as she raised her hand to prince under a shoulder. they were the second couple to enter the circle prince andre was one of the best dancers of his day and natasha dumpster exquisite. it's the highlights of the russian bowl season i'm always been invited the most

first look to attend an event which they promise me is going to be the height of sophistication and delegates and it's the eighteen twelfth anniversary both. for over a thousand years the russians have known that a good party needs don't sink down the centuries rich and poor alike have learned the steps put on their costumes and set off to find love patronage or simply a good time. in this suitably graham building almost two hundred people have gathered to perform the classics from the polonaise to the polka all in front of a live orchestra. you can't help but notice the effort that's gone into their

appearance and although i wasn't the only one in my dress i did feel a little out of place. though i don't see much in the way of nineteenth century playthings but i do know one lady there that may have to get the right look for a period review by arena. so we've got lots of beautiful costumes here. of course this ball here was first dedicated to the war of eighteen twelve it wasn't so much about russians but it was the first such event that was held after the war a certain degree of courage was required to hold the ball at that time this stance is where it all began.